Word: letting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...attributed to William Shakespeare, and elsewhere. He foresees that the acceptance of Mr. Booth's discoveries by, the mathematician and historian will lead to the rewriting of the history of English literature of the period shortly before and after 1600, and to the destruction of the modern Shakespeare myth. Let us hope that we are now to have a fair and dispassionate study and presentation of the Shakespeare-Bacon problem by the English departments of our colleges...
...glad to see the number of editorials increasing. Let us have more ssneat as the leading editorial in this number...
...present rut. In spite of numerous calls for candidates, there are very few men out, and these do not receive the praise merited by their weeks of drudgery behind the Stadium. If it is believed that more publicity given to the event will increase its popularity, by all means let us have some arrangement by which we can all see the hammer-throw from the regular seats...
...state further that, "Apparently the attractions of the game do not excite the ambitions of many Harvard undergraduates." Let us see what is done to make the sport attractive. Fencing is a sport which requires a professional fencing master, and the lessons and equipment cost each member of the team about $50 per season, which he pays out of his own pocket, for the Athletic Association pays nothing towards coach or equipment. Thus out of 30 odd original candidates but a dozen remained--simply because they could not or did not care to assume this expense, an expense the members...
...remedy I have to suggest is simple. Let each class, during the Freshman year, and as early as possible after the class matriculates, prepare an album similar to the annual Senior Class Album. It might contain the individual photographs of the members of the class, their names, home address and preparatory school. By frequent reference to this guide a Freshman would readily memorize the names of those of his class-mates with whom he comes in contact in the lecture halls and at class functions; and at the end of the year he ought to be on speaking terms with...